Get a preview of the 2019-2020 season of monthly meetings. It's jam-packed with masterful speakers offering powerful messages for writers.
Preview of 2019-2010 Monthly Meetings
April SCBWI WWA meeting with David Lasky
Join us on Wednesday, April 11, 7-9pm, Demaray Hall at SPU for Windows to the Past: Creating History-Based Graphic Novels with David Lasky David Lasky has co-created two graphic novels set in the past, the Eisner-Award-winning Carter Family: Don't Forget This Song and Oregon Trail: Road to Destiny (both with co-author Frank Young). In this slide... Continue Reading →
ICYMI: February meeting with Claire Rudulf Murphy and Mark Cronk Farrell
What an inspiring and informative meeting we had last week! First up was Building Great Sentences presented by Claire Rudolf Murphy. Claire showed us many different approaches to line editing and wordsmithing. Some of the key takeaways from her presentation were: Look at both the order of your words within a phrase and your phrases... Continue Reading →
Recap and What’s In Store for December
If you were able to attend this week's SCBWI Monthly meeting, then you already know what a fabulous presentation both Ben Clanton and Dan Gemeinhart gave. We saw some quick sketching by Ben and the audience sketched, too, even yours truly whose stick figures leave all to be desired. Other writers like myself were even encouraged to sketch out storyboards... Continue Reading →
Monthly Programming Passport for 2016-2017 Is Coming!
Registration for your Western Washington SCBWI 2016-2017 programming opens soon! We’ve got a fabulous season lined up, from the Illustrator Retreat to our monthly meetings, Great Critique, Inside Stories, our completely over-the-top Conference and so much more!Every member will receive an email inviting you to register, so watch your inbox. Some Important Stuff: Saturday, September... Continue Reading →